[Repair of cicatricial deformities in neck region with trapezius musculocutaneous flap].
Dr. Demergasso was the first one who applied the musculocutaneous flap of trapezius clinically in plastic surgery in 1975. Here the author had obtained satisfactory results in five cases by using the similar musculocutaneous flap to repair cicatricial deformity on the same side of the neck. The author held that this flap is easy to be dissected and moved forward to repair some areas on the neck, between mandible and thorax, and in front of larynx. There is no consequent deformation in the donor region which is hidden backward. The blood supply of trapezius is rich enough to keep from any local necrosis of the flap after transplantation. The color of the skin is usually like the origin one.
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Dept. of Plastic Surgery, Wuhan No 3 Hospital.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck; D013524:Surgical Flaps